Résultats

 Macfarland, Henry B.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 28 Oct 1913, 21-50     Speaking for the ideal of international judicature. "The Supreme Court of the World" no longer simply an ideal or even an idea. The adoption of such a court in principle by many nations of the world, and indeed in detail. The Hague Conference in 1899 and 1907. Hope that by …

 McBride, Hon. Sir Richard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 31 Oct 1913, 51-59     A few western words on a theme of Canada and Empire. Canada emerging from the status of youth, and quickly taking on ourselves that of the full grown man; a time of trial, a period that needs courage. Taking on the full responsibility of national manhood by closer co-operation with …

 Riddell, Honourable William Renwick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 6 Nov 1913, 60-78     The good it would do us to have some knowledge of how another looked upon our land and some of its inhabitants a hundred years ago. To that end, the speaker tells the story of Samuel, White, of Adams County, Pennsylvania, published at Baltimore in 1830, with the title "History …

 Hughes, Col. The Honourable Sam, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 14 Nov 1913, 79-90     The speaker's view of how money had in the past been spent on the militia. Conceiving the idea of establishing the cadet corps on a universal basis throughout the Dominion. Response to the idea, particularly in Quebec. The effect of the drill halls in Canada. Comments on military training. Training …

 Hocken, His Worship Mayor H.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 27 Nov 1913, 91-91     On the City of Toronto Street Railway Question, the speaker addressed the Empire Club of Canada on the "Proposed Street Railway Purchase," this title indicating His Worship's solution of the problem. The Mayor's view that the present transportation system should be brought up at once by the City and Developed. …

 Gourlay, R.S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 1 Dec 1913, 91-91     On the City of Toronto Street Railway Question, the speaker addressed the Empire Club of Canada on the "Harbour Board's Plan for Solving the Toronto Railway Problem," an alternative scheme to that proposed in the address of November 27, 1913 by His Worship Mayor H.C. Hocken. [Synopsis only of this …

 McNeill, Rev. John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 3 Dec 1913, 92-92     Some of the speaker's experiences in Evangelistic labours which touched Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, India, South Africa, Gibraltar, Malta and the United States. [Synopsis only of this address available.]

 Harper, J.M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 12 Dec 1913, 93-107     A discussion of this issue of Canadian assimilation along the lines of a geometrical proposition. What this question of Canadian assimilation means at its basis; forming an enunciation. Then, the axioms of postulates or self-evident truths there are to guide us in our investigation, of which there are three: Canada …

 Falconer, Dr. R.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 9 Jan 1913, 118-128     The Congress of the Universities of the Empire, the second of its kind, held last July in London; the speaker's impressions. Preparation for the Congress. The importance of the congress shows by the type of men who showed an interest in it. The composition of the congress itself a proof …

 Gourlay, R.S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 16 Jan 1913, 129-145     Some statistical facts that refer to Toronto's position today industrially and commercially. First, two plans which the speaker brought with him that show an accurate survey of the city waterfront, and the proposed changes, colour-coded. A discussion from three standpoints: the value of the harbour improvement plan from an industrial, …

 Burnham, J.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 23 Jan 1913, 146-156     The great point of conflict in Canada today: "Shall we do something towards making ourselves into an Empire, or shall we do nothing? A growing disposition in Canada among people who should know better, to forsake their duties and responsibilities as men and as members of this great Empire …" …

 Matheson, Honourable J.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 30 Jan 1913, 157-169     The record of Prince Edward Island in the past, the present position, and future hopes. Prince Edward Island as a colony with a separate government, second in all Canada to Nova Scotia. The first meeting looking towards the Confederation of Canada held in Charlottetown in 1864. Who was there and …

 Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 6 Feb 1913, 170-177     Some of the resources of Canada. An appeal to the audience as public-spirited citizens of the Empire to try to protect and perpetuate those resources. The Eskimo of Northern Canada: features of their culture. The market for caribou skins in Alaska. The fate of the caribou, similar to that of …

 McNeil, Most Rev. Neil, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 13 Feb 1913, 178-185     What the speaker learned when he travelled from Vancouver to visit the southeastern corner of British Columbia. Roads being built that will shorten the distance and make the route a very much straighter one between Vancouver and the Kootenay District. Railways from the Canadian Pacific and the Great Northern that …

 Knowles, Rev. R.E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 27 Feb 1913, 186-193     Defining progress. Ways in which success is not. Some things of a material kind that indicate progress: the improvement in the conditions of two classes of people, and first of these two classes being the poor, the second the prosperity of the rich. A discussion of each indicator. Canadian standing …

 Andrews, Honourable W.E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 27 Mar 1913, 194-201     A brief review of the history and civilization. Thoughts of the great men of history with regard to the rights of the individuals. How fraternity brought that, the spirit and doctrine underlying the genuine progress of modern times in the unfolding of the privileges of the present day for the …

 Maharrij, Taufik, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 10 Apr 1913, 202-212     An explanation of just exactly what the Balkan States, which are now making war on Turkey, are, and where they are situated. Some history of Turkey. How Turkey owes its existence nowadays to the British Empire and to the British statesmen. The present terrible war. The first war for centuries …

 Kylie, Professor, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 24 Apr 1913, 213-224     Asking whether there is an Imperial Problem at all. The speaker's view of the correct reading of British History; that plans have been so prepared, and have fitted in so smoothly that people have not seen the degree of careful thought which has gone before. An Imperial Problem or a …

 Allan, Colonel James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 6 May 1913, 225-232     The problem of Empire defence, perhaps of more interest to New Zealand than to any other portion of the great Empire to which we are all proud to belong. The position of New Zealand. The inability of New Zealand to stand alone, hence the importance of the Empire standing together. …